Data from MEDISEH-MAREA project. Posidonia oceanica distribution across the Mediterranean. (More information at http://mareaproject.net/contracts/5/reporting/)

The map shows the area where adults of Nephrops norvegicus concentrate (potential spawning areas). In the framework of MAREA-MEDISEH Project it was agreed to restrict modeling to the adult females fraction of the populations using the length-at-maturity calculated from MEDITS or landing data (DCF) as threshold length. Aggregation areas for adults have been assessed through habitat suitability modeling, relating abundance information from surveys with environmental variables.